RE: [DISCUSS] taking Apache Flex to the next level

> Someone brought up that in order to be able to do effective marketing, we > should first define the project's future... I am a non-coding project contributor & marketing professional. I do not think that the future must be defined to do an effective job marketing. I will give you an example o

Flex just became a TLP (top-level project) with Alex as our VP

> Flex just became a TLP (top-level project) with Alex as our VP This is terrific news! CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE AND ALL!

RE: Next SDK Release Timing

> Hi, > Release early and often should be the case, we are way overdue for a release > IMO. > Justin Justin is correct. Part of the graduation criteria is to be a self-sustaining community. Concerning ourselves with whether mentors approve or disapprove of our project provides evidence that we a

RE: Publicizing Installer release

> Can the person who has the Apache flex twitter account post an announcement? Will each one on this list please go to Twitter and tweet this next line to promote the installer, please? New Release - @ApacheFlex SDK Installer source distributions and installer binaries http://incubator.apache.or

Apache Flex roadmap page in the wiki [was: I was tired of waiting.]

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Blaine Bradbury > wrote: On the Roadmap issue: I think it would be > EXTREMELY useful to have a device which could show the current (as close to > the present knowledge as is really manageable) trajectory that the Apache > Flex project is > taking. > ___

RE: Official Git Repo State

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Guthmann, Scott wrote: > Omar - thank you for doing research into the project's move from SVN to GIT. > What other steps need to be taken besides finding [at least one] Python > volunteer to support Apache Flex from an ASF Infra standpoint? Are

RE: Official Git Repo State

> I put in requests to update the Flex mirrors to GitHub after the SVN repo was > rearranged. I didn't open a ticket to transfer to read/write Git repos > because ASF Infra wants someone to volunteer to help with Git infrastructure. > I asked a about the skillet > required, which I was told is p

[OT] Spoon emails

> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Jeffry Houser wrote: > > ... I thought it was universally considered a bad form to send one > > mailing list to another; even if the first one is an announcement list > What's certainly fine is to send (permanent) URLs of relevant content. > -Bertrand Whil

Switching to Git - immediate repercussions

> Almost all of them are procedural questions. We need to be aware of what > would happen after the switch so that we are prepared. Other Apache projects > have successfully move the Git, so it is only a matter of us figuring things > out ourselves. I am > raising these questions now so that

Switching to Git - immediate repercussions

> I can do it. Can we first discuss what the immediate repercussions would be > when the switch happens? Here are my concerns: > 1. What happens to the automated builds when we do the switch? I think we > are using an svn connector in Jenkins right now. We need to switch to the > git plugin

RE: Recruiting more help for the project

> I'm not really sure what the point of this survey is. When I volunteer my > time to this project I spend my time on things that I feel passionate about, > things that I want fixed or added. Nobody in the project determines what > should be actually worked on > next, people just start adding. F

Recruiting more help for the project

> The change is more about the idea that *anything* that gives us a better > chance of more people contributing in any way right now is good for us and I > believe git will. My original (and somewhat ongoing) concern is that I don't > want to take another > detour. However, with several people v

RE: [VOTE] Branching Strategy and SCM

> 4. Classic Model (see Description 2) on SVN +1 non-binding. I do not see the strong evidence for moving to Git now. I wish we would delay this vote until the research can be done to establish the Git options as *actual* choices that are supported through Apache. Lack of support for Git makes

RE: What would it take to move to Git?

> I'm not assuming we'll moving to GIT right away but as Bertrand mentioned, we > need to work as a team and if PPMC members aren't able to find a strategy for > Apache Flex when it comes to source control, how is it going to work for code > additions/changes? I think João is pointing out somet

RE: Roadmap

> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Status+of+Project > Changed to Status of Project Igor - Thank you for posting about the status of the project. Second, the Open Spoon foundation has also been doing some of the community organization work and keeping the stake holders receiving in

RE: What would it take to move to Git?

> IMHO, I do not accept for Git move right now. > We must continue in SVN this means that projects keep going. Maybe when we > have a solid proper release like 5.0 we should move to git. I have to agree with Igor on this topic. I realize how much fun it is to debate tools and different schools of

RE: Becoming a committer

> But, you did the right thing by asking your questions so that everyone who > wants to become a committer can understand the process a bit better as well. > Thanks for your contributions so far, and I expect nothing less from you in > the future :-) I agree with Om - Erik has been doing a good

RE: Flex trademark assigned to Apache Software Foundation

> The Apache Flex PPMC would like to inform our community that Adobe Systems > Inc. has assigned the Flex trademark to the Apache Software Foundation. > This is an important milestone in our progress towards graduating and > becoming a full-fledged Apache project. If it isn't too much trouble, w

RE: [ROADMAP] Apache Flex Steering Survey

> I've been on this list long enough to know people will work on whatever the > heck they want but that idea is and was hard to accept and plan for. This is the Apache Way. The survey has no official purpose and carries no official weight in the project. Each person who participates in this open

RE: [ROADMAP] Apache Flex Steering Survey

> Although the survey attempts to get to the bottom of feature priorities, I > can't help feeling that we should be including parties other than this > mailing list to take part in the survey. Although many of this list's > participants including myself have an exposure > to a subset of the corp

[OT] make noise to get folks to try it out & marketing

> Your job is then to make noise to get folks to try it out, maybe by > threatening to promote it to the unstable branch. We would ask the > committers and other interested folks to generally work out of the unstable > branch. We have multiple fairly robust marketing channels that can be used

RE: FABridge support

Alain: > Aint that enough support ? You bet, it is! > So yeah maybe i should maintain FABridge myself to get some more > credit lol Thank you for what you are doing! > Our tools rely heavely on FABridge. If there s nobody to maintain it. > We are willing to do it. This is terrific news, A

RE: About uncompleted features of Spark DataGrid

Carol Frampton: > As soon as we get all the code submitted I can work on pulling out the > completed spark DataGrid work from our internal repository and work on > getting it over to Apache. locked rows and columns were completed. Don't > remember about drag and drop > columns but that might

RE: [CONTRIBUTION] Spark Components

Francois de Campredon: > I have created some Spark Components (DateChooser, and PopUpButton) that i > would like to contribute to the apache flex project. >You can find sources and examples on my github at this >address

FABridge support

Alain Ekambi: > 4.8 does not have FABridge support ? That's really bad We do need someone to work on FABridge support. Are you able to help the project by writing this code? Please feel free to scratch your own itch as they say! Regards, Scott Guthmann

RE: Announcing Flex

Alex- > " Did you and Keith get these reviewed by Apache PR?" I received an e-mail from Keith Sutton because I am a SilvaFug subscriber. Keith is the Silvafug group moderator. It looks like he forwarded the message Carol sent to flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > " but I think Scott's needs to say

RE: Announcing Flex

> In the meantime, it seems like it would be great to get someone to update the > Apache Flex home page to also announce the release. Any volunteers? 1) Flex Community: Please tweet something about this - I have seen several tweets about it already. 2) I posted this content to the Apache Flex D

RE: [RESULT] [VOTE] Release Apache Flex 4.8.0 - RC3 - build number 1359417

> The vote has passed with the following result : > +1 (binding): 10 Thank you for your hard work and dedication, Apache Flex community!

[OT] Downloading, Compiling and submitting patches with Apache Flex and IntelliJ

> Hey Everybody! > I created a "short" screencast that goes through the current process of > downloading the current SVN trunk, compiling, and submitting patches to the > Apache Flex SDK by using Jetbrain's IntelliJ IDE. I'm in the process of > doing another that is using Flash > Builder. I wo

RE: [OT] Christophe Herreman third time father

> Last Tuesday morning his wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy, his name is > Thibaut. (I hope I spelt that correctly...) > So, of you go, start congratulating ;) Congratulations!

RE: Automated UI Tester for ActionScript

Mike L: > You want me to elucidate all of the new problems Adobe should be solving to > gain market share? Don't you already pay someone for that? When you explained to Adobe that it would be a bad idea simply stop development on the Flex SDK and instead donate it to this Apache Project, Adobe

Review after first months of Apache Flex, new guidelines and keeping Flex alive

> I have a solution for the Jira dump... forget it... move on... I can almost > guarantee that more than 60% of it is out-dated, 20% is irrelevant, 10% is > ancient history, 9.9% are actually Flash bugs, .01% is applicable to Apache > Flex and it will take FOREVER to > troll through all the

RE: Review after first months of Apache Flex, new guidelines and keeping Flex alive

> "Will we be able to keep Flex alive from its migration period from Adobe to > Apache?" Rafael: I moderate the Apache Flex Developers linked in group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Apache-Flex-Developers-4296888/about Your question is better posted at this alternate location as the participants

Re: Flex PDF support

Welcome, Michael! The feature that you described sounds fantastic. I would love to see the code. We are all volunteers and we each work on what we want to. Kudos to you for telling us what you would like to see so nobody duplicates the effort. What help do you need from us? Sent from my MOTORO

RE: [Proposal] Different behaviour on click and doubleClick on UIComponent

> in some cases you might need to have different behavior for a button/custom > component based on UIComponent for click and double click. > An workaround will be to start a 300-400 millisecond timer in your click > handler to delay your actions (in case the user will go for a double-click), > b

RE: flex breakdown

> The guy raised concerns/question, trying to even back it up and then have to > fight to defend his rights to rise a question? Oleg & Daniel: If you have found a bug or defect, please enter the bug in the bug base. If you have a better idea for what should be included in the SDK or removed fro

[OT] RE: What about the flex/flash pro combination - no one working pure flex

> Adobe is heavily investing in the best way to write games in Flash. I would > look at what kinds of toolkits Adobe is going to create for this. Mike Chambers and Lee Brimelow each spoke for an hour in Denver 2 days ago about the Future of Flash and the Future of Gaming. I would consider these

[Example] Flex becoming compatible with jQuery?

> I would like to propose that Flex be compatible with jQuery Nene: This page can help a person new to the project get started: https://cwiki.apache.org/FLEX/getting-started.html When I read this page, it explained to me what I can do to get involved and start contributing ideas and building mer

[DISCUSS] 360 Flex Denver 2012 - Nominate the Apache Flex MVP!

>>... 2) Tell us why you, or someone you know, is your MVP selection (most >>deserving) of these passes based on their contributions to the Apache Flex >>project. The ~85 most recent Apache Flex commenters will then vote on your >>nominations and decide who the passes will go to Question:

ApacheFlex twitter account

> Is anyone on this list maintaining this? I am not billable & one of the only pure marketing roles on this Dev-list. I would be happy to maintain the ApacheFlex Twitter acct; and facilitate the messaging either as part of a group or on my own. > Would it be possible to get occasional updates ou

[DISCUSS] 360 Flex Denver 2012 - Nominate the Apache Flex MVP!

> Yes, Nominate the Apache Flex MVP! > 1) On3 is donating (2) full-conference passes (US $599 value) to the top two > nominated individuals* that are providing the greatest benefit to the Apache > Flex project! > 2) Tell us why you, or someone you know, is your MVP selection (most > deserving)

RE: [OT] 360 Flex Denver 2012 - Apache Flex Discovery Room

> 3. Are there any ideas you might have on how to make the Apache Flex > Discovery Room a success? Yes, Nominate the Apache Flex MVP! 1) On3 is donating (2) full-conference passes (US $599 value) to the top two nominated individuals* that are providing the greatest benefit to the Apache Flex